Title: Shi'ite Militias Gather for Possible Ramadi Offensive

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/144/militia_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Shi'ite Militias Gather for Possible Ramadi Offensive' data-article-id='371'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10875'>Iraqi security forces and several thousand Shi'ite militia members came together Tuesday outside the Iraqi city of Ramadi. </span> <span data-start-time='10875' data-end-time='18833'>The government is considering a possible offensive to re-capture the city from Islamic State militants.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='18833' data-end-time='25604'>Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is a Shi'ite, decided to send in the militia. </span> <span data-start-time='25604' data-end-time='33583'>Observers say the move could add to sectarian tensions in one of the most violent parts of Iraq.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/144/militia_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' 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Iraqi security forces and several thousand Shi'ite militia members came together Tuesday outside the Iraqi city of Ramadi. The government is considering a possible offensive to re-capture the city from Islamic State militants.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is a Shi'ite, decided to send in the militia. Observers say the move could add to sectarian tensions in one of the most violent parts of Iraq.

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